Found murdered at midnight - the unsolved 76-year-old case of a Bolton teenager

GMP are investigating 195 unsolved murders.
The figure was revealed through a Freedom of Information request by the MEN.
The ‘cold cases’ are where no one has been brought to justice for two years or more.
Advances in forensic techniques and analysis of DNA has meant hope can remain for families who have waited often decades for the killers of loved ones to be identified.
The MEN has re-examined in depth several unsolved cases.
Here are two of the most startling; the oldest case on GMP’s books which centres on Minnie Stott, 17, who was murdered in Bolton in November 1940 and the gangland... read more

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